Incident Response Jobs in Bristol

Incident Response
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Bristol requiring Incident Response skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Incident Response over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 102 154
Rank change year-on-year +10 +52 +16
Permanent jobs citing Incident Response 4 54 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.34% 1.67% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 1.94% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 4 21 8
10th Percentile £50,250 £37,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £58,125 £47,500 £42,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £50,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +45.00% +3.09% -25.38%
75th Percentile £82,500 £61,250 £56,400
90th Percentile - £71,250 £61,230
South West median annual salary £57,670 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.34% - +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

Incident Response falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,098 2,786 2,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 93.69% 86.07% 95.77%
Number of salaries quoted 717 2,093 1,448
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,500 £34,723
25th Percentile £47,231 £43,000 £43,162
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £59,191
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.86% +7.62%
75th Percentile £70,834 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £89,250 £87,500 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,500 £50,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +3.96% -6.48% +8.00%

Incident Response
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings citing Incident Response as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Response in Bristol

Incident Response
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Response in Bristol.

Salary trend for Incident Response in Bristol

Incident Response
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Incident Response in Bristol over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Incident Response in Bristol

Incident Response
Job Locations in Bristol

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Response within the Bristol region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Avonmouth - 1 £65,000 -
Incident Response
South West

Incident Response
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
1 2 (50.00%) AWS Architect
1 2 (50.00%) AWS Security Architect
1 2 (50.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) IT Security Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) IoT
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Application Security
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 3 (75.00%) Logistics
2 3 (75.00%) OWASP
2 3 (75.00%) Security Operations
3 2 (50.00%) API Integration
3 2 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
3 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
3 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Risk Register
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 2 (50.00%) CEH
2 2 (50.00%) CISM
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) GIAC
2 2 (50.00%) ISSAP
2 2 (50.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
2 2 (50.00%) COBIT
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (50.00%) GDPR
2 2 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 2 (50.00%) SOC 2
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft